Bought some 3/8 Booyah Covert  spinnerbaits with 4.5 blades, checked the weight as that's how I store mine and found they are really 5/8 oz. Is 3/8 just the jig head?

Yup

 

What ones did you get?

 

 

3 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Yup

 

What ones did you get?

 

 

4.5 gold willow and silver Colorado, jc special and white/silver, if that's what you are asking. 

34 minutes ago, padlin said:

4.5 gold willow and silver Colorado, jc special and white/silver, if that's what you are asking. 

Sick

 

I think only difference between the 3/8 and 1/2 blade sizes is the 1/2 comes with a bigger front colorado right?

43 minutes ago, padlin said:

Bought some 3/8 Booyah Covert  spinnerbaits...  Is 3/8 just the jig head?

 

Yes, this is the common case with MOST spinnerbaits. 

 

Blades, skirts, beads, swivels, etc are not factored into the weight. 

6 minutes ago, fishballer06 said:

MOST

Can you give me examples where this common rule does not apply? 

I'll just watch...

I'm out the door to get 5, overcast, and right about 90...

38 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Can you give me examples where this common rule does not apply? 

Sure. Go purchase every manufactured spinnerbait on the market and ship them to me. I will weigh them all and tell you which ones go by jig weight and which ones go by furnished weight. 

7 minutes ago, fishballer06 said:

Sure. Go purchase every manufactured spinnerbait on the market and ship them to me. I will weigh them all and tell you which ones go by jig weight and which ones go by furnished weight. 

Woah there…. I only asked because I wanted to know if you knew which ones are different. Was not challenging you in any way. Just wanted information. Since you don’t know, okay. I still don’t doubt that there are ones on the market that, as you say, are labeled by total weight and not jig weight. 

1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Whoa there…. I only asked because I wanted to know if you knew which ones are different. Was not challenging you in any way. Just wanted information. Since you don’t know, okay. I still don’t doubt that there are ones on the market that, as you say, are labeled by total weight and not jig weight. 

Fixed that for you, LOL. 

 

I've fished spinnerbaits for nearly 40 years and have never noticed one that was accurate based on the weight advertised. I'll also add that the diameter of the wire also has a big affect on the baits action, drag in the water and the overall feeling of weighing more than scales indicate. 

1 hour ago, Big Rick said:

Fixed that for you, LOL. 

 

I've fished spinnerbaits for nearly 40 years and have never noticed one that was accurate based on the weight advertised. I'll also add that the diameter of the wire also has a big affect on the baits action, drag in the water and the overall feeling of weighing more than scales indicate. 

Today I learned that Woah is improper/informal and whoa is correct. 
 

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Whoa

1 hour ago, Big Rick said:

Fixed that for you, LOL. 

 

I've fished spinnerbaits for nearly 40 years and have never noticed one that was accurate based on the weight advertised. I'll also add that the diameter of the wire also has a big affect on the baits action, drag in the water and the overall feeling of weighing more than scales indicate. 

Yep thin wire catches fish

21 minutes ago, GReb said:

Yep thin wire catches fish

No, I catch fish

Did real good on a 3/8oz chart/blue Covert 2 weekends ago. Red head with orange and copper Colorado blades in a muddy creek. 

2 hours ago, Deleted account said:

I'll just watch...

I'm out the door to get 5, overcast, and right about 90...

I want a report when you get back El Basurero…. Ahem… excuse me…. The Fishing Machine.

 

And pics too, dangit! 

So the standard that Cast Industries and most others use for determining weight is just the lead itself.  If you actually weigh most 3/8oz labeled spinnerbaits they are like 5/8 or more.

 

Allen 

2 hours ago, Munkin said:

So the standard that Cast Industries and most others use for determining weight is just the lead itself.  If you actually weigh most 3/8oz labeled spinnerbaits they are like 5/8 or more.

 

Allen 

This applies to pretty much everything, jigs, jigheads, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits etc...

7 hours ago, Jrob78 said:

This applies to pretty much everything, jigs, jigheads, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits etc...

 

Exactly ?

15 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Today I learned that Woah is improper/informal and whoa is correct. 
 

……. 

 

Whoa

You are going to be hearing a lot of that.

Got 4, biggest right around 3 lbs, fished around a crazy downpour and wind, missed a few more than usual. We got some needed rain, should be good next couple of days. 

 

48 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

You are going to be hearing a lot of that.

Got 4, biggest right around 3 lbs, fished around a crazy downpour and wind, missed a few more than usual. We got some needed rain, should be good next couple of days. 

 

Sweet, not bad at all, good to hear ????

I pour my own and the weight is the lead head . I dont know what the finished weights are . I like the extra weight on a half over a 3/8 but with the smaller blades of a 3/8.  A 4.5 willow paired with a  smaller Colorado . I wreck them with that combo 

20 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Today I learned that Woah is improper/informal and whoa is correct. 
 

……. 

 

Whoa

 

Thought this guy was the subject matter expect on whoa.

 

Allen